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| A popular recreational area adapted for visitors. Prepared trails and campfire sites. The landscape and culture here in the North are very vulnerable to encroachment. In order to protect cultura... |
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| The Old Road in Øksfjordbotn.
Considered a very important cultural monument. Impressive road engineering skills where the landscape and road melt together in such a way that they enrich an... |
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| A cultural trail with 14 information posts on local history. Trail map available at hotels, tourist information and from the reception desk at the council building. |
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| From Kåfjord there is a permanent T-marked trail/cart road up to Mount Hálddetoppen – 904 metres above sea level. The world’s first Northern Lights Observatory was built here in 1899; but was close... |
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| The National Tourist Route leading out to Havøysund is a stretch of road which displays the absolute best of Norwegian landscapes to tourists. The road to Havøysund hugs the shore, passing by nake... |
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| Tanahorn is a steep mountain peak (270 metres above sea level), believed to be a former Sami sacrificial site, located 9 km west of Berlevåg by the mouth of Tanafjord. Fantastic views across th... |
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| Erected in 1977 in memory of the large Finnish/Kven immigration to Norwegian Lapland in the 19th century, giving Vadsø the nickname “the Kven capital”. |
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| Ássebákti Cultural and Nature Trail is a 3.5-km long trail providing an opportunity to become better acquainted with parts of the pre-history of the Sami culture. There are over a hundred ancien... |
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| In Løkvik, civilians and partisans fought side by side in their resistance movement against the German occupation forces during WWII. There is a war memorial by Highway RV 890, approx. 16 km fro... |
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| Hornøya – Vardø light house
Norway’s easternmost protected wildlife reserve for seabirds, nesting area for 73,000-88,000 pairs. Reference area for bird populations. Traffic restrictions are in forc... |
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